Show SHORTAGE BLAME NEARS SJ STORY RY SLOWLY U UNFOLDING SA SAYS S MAY R 8 Inquest Will Be T Ter Quickly Rice Believes WITNESSES L LIS I S T TED TEDMore ED EDMore More City Officials to Be Called We will soon be able to fix th thi blame for whatever shortages exist where such responsibility belongs belong Mayor John F. F Bowman declared Saturday The t ry is slowly but sureTy surely unfolding County Attorney John D. D Rice marshaled hIs forces Saturday evening eve eve- ning to continue y with the inquest Into the death Jt Max r. M. Beaver former former- treasurer of Salt Lake The attorney met with will M Mayor or Bowman Bowman Detective e Chief David H. H Clayton and other persons who have been investigating several phases of the case since the inquest recessed W Wednesday night REFUSES Rice ni a p c in the stat stat- ment that he believed tile the inquest would bo be termInated quickly but refused to speculate on the nature ot of the verdict the jury is expected to return Even it If tIle the Inquest does not disclose disclose dis- dis close by person or persons hands Beaver came to lila hIs death it will disclose the tho lax system that has prevailed in the city treasurers treasurer's office saId Rice In this respect It will be hl to the special auditors now at work on the caso and assist them by disclosing the key to the method used in alleged fraudulent extraction of public funds if any have been extracted I And If the special auditors wiLls the lead thus supplied them fInd ca cause se for issuance ot of a crIminal complaint against any person or group of persons the county attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's ney's office will continue Its investigation and file tHe proper corn com plaints HAVE LONG JOB Joseph N. N casella who with his partner K VIncent holds the contract for makIng a. a special audit of all city departments departments' general general gen gen- eral and special funds declared Sat that at the time the I. I O. O Us U.'s In the treasurers treasurer's office were checked l February 23 none of the called so-called pink sUps bore the signatures sig- sig natures of any city commissioners The special auditors have already established a definite shortage of in the city funds and have told the city commission that the amount of the shortage may mount as high as It was estimated estimated esti- esti mated that several months would be required to complete the special audit h Rice saId lie would call We the roi- roi lowing witnesses when the inquest reconvenes Karl E. E WIlliams chief deputy cIty auditor Ray Anderson collector of water assessments Stella Connors secretary to Finance Commissioner Charles N. N lehr Fehr Herman Harms state chemist who anal analyzed zed the contents ot of Beavers Beaver's stomach and reported the presence of cyanide Sherman Armstrong vIce president of the National Copper Copper Cop Cop- per bank Mary L. L emergency emer- emer gency genc hospital nurse who delivered the stomach to Harms Harms' office Mrs Irs HarrIet Colvin former wife of Emst Emst Em- Em st J. J ColvIn deposed cIty gity dog tax collector and po possibly Colvin who has already been on the wItness stand twice |